UFC on Saturday had its best live fight card audience on Fox since April ’13. UFC on Fox 22 drew 3.18 million viewers for a fight card headlined by Michelle Waterson-Paige VanZant. That is the best for any UFC telecast on Fox since the broadcast net drew 3.74 million viewers for a telecast headlined by Benson Henderson-Gilbert Melendez on April 20, 2013. The same mid-December UFC on Fox card last year, featuring Rafael dos Anjos-Donald Cerrone, drew 2.78 million viewers.
The chart below lists viewership for select recent sports telecasts on broadcast TV.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
NFL nat'l window:
Patriots-Broncos (83%) |
12/18
|
CBS
|
4:30-7:41pm
|
14.3
|
24,990
|
| "SNF": Buccaneers-Cowboys |
12/18
|
NBC
|
8:31-11:28pm
|
13.6
|
24,148
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
12/18
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:29pm
|
10.8
|
18,705
|
| NFL: (regional) |
12/18
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:13pm
|
8.8
|
15,043
|
| "TNF": Rams-Seahawks |
12/15
|
NBC/
NFL Net
|
8:27-11:36pm
|
8.8
|
14,652
|
| "MNF": Ravens-Patriots |
12/12
|
ESPN
|
8:15-11:57pm
|
7.8
|
12,923
|
| "Football Night in America" |
12/18
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:22pm
|
5.6
|
9,961
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
12/18
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
3.5
|
5,716
|
| NFL: Dolphins-Jets* |
12/17
|
NFL Net
|
8:27-11:20pm
|
2.5
|
4,385
|
| "The NFL Today" |
12/18
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
2.6
|
4,000
|
Las Vegas Bowl:
Houston-San Diego State |
12/17
|
ABC
|
3:49-6:46pm
|
2.4
|
3,744
|
College basketball:
Kentucky-North Carolina |
12/17
|
CBS
|
5:24-7:46pm
|
2.2
|
3,624
|
UFC: Michelle Waterson d.
Paige VanZant |
12/17
|
Fox
|
8:00-10:25pm
|
1.8
|
3,178
|
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl:
Grambling-NC Central |
12/17
|
ABC
|
12:01-3:49pm
|
1.8
|
2,711
|
| "Monday Night Countdown" |
12/12
|
ESPN
|
6:00-8:15pm
|
n/a
|
1,868
|
College basketball:
Ohio State-UCLA |
12/17
|
CBS
|
3:00-5:06pm
|
1.2
|
1,786
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
12/18
|
ESPN
|
11:00am-1:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,547
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
12/18
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,533
|
| NBA: Thunder-Trail Blazers |
12/13
|
ESPN
|
10:35pm-1:05am
|
n/a
|
1,530
|
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl:
Appalachian State-Toledo |
12/17
|
ESPN
|
5:30-9:05pm
|
0.9
|
1,483
|
| NBA: Knicks-Warriors |
12/15
|
TNT
|
10:50pm-1:13am
|
n/a
|
1,431
|
| NBA: Celtics-Spurs |
12/14
|
ESPN
|
9:35-11:55pm
|
n/a
|
1,394
|
Gildan New Mexico Bowl:
New Mexico-UTSA |
12/17
|
ESPN
|
2:09-5:30pm
|
0.9
|
1,391
|
| NBA: T'Wolves-Bulls |
12/13
|
ESPN
|
8:01-10:35pm
|
n/a
|
1,353
|
| Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix |
12/18
|
NBC
|
4:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,142
|
| EPL: West Brom-Manchester United |
12/17
|
NBC
|
12:30-2:30pm
|
0.7
|
1,114
|
College basketball:
Memphis-Oklahoma |
12/17
|
CBS
|
12:30-3:00pm
|
0.7
|
1,110
|
| Dew Tour: Breckenridge |
12/17
|
NBC
|
4:30-6:00pm
|
0.7
|
996
|
| "Inside College Basketball" |
12/17
|
CBS
|
12:00-12:30pm
|
0.6
|
932
|
| U.S. Grand Prix Big Air Snowboarding |
12/17
|
NBC
|
2:30-4:30pm
|
0.6
|
857
|
| "Holiday Movie Skating Spectacular" |
12/18
|
ABC
|
3:00-5:00PM
|
0.5
|
724
|
"World of X Games:
Isle of Man Motorcyle Race" |
12/18
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.4
|
584
|
NOTE: * = Part of NFL Net's "Thursday Night Football" package.
